Digital artist Sarah Zucker started selling NFTs of her art work in 2019 when no one but the crypto community knew what an NFT even was. Then, within a year, it became her main source of income. In 2021, Zucker has had over $274,000 in NFT sales already.

And Zucker isn’t alone. The latest NFT hype cycle has led to billions of dollars in sales this year. Celebrities – from athletes like NFL player Rob Gronkowski, to musicians like Shawn Mendes and executives like Tesla’s Elon Musk – have cashed in on the craze with drops of their own. And there have been record-breaking auctions like artist Beeple’s, who sold his NFT “Everydays: The First 5000 Days” for over $69 million. But there are also everyday creators making an impressive living off of NFTs, who are using the technology to take control of their art and careers. 

So, what’s stopping you! NOTHING!  Meet three creators making more money than they ever have before thanks to NFTs:

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/12/meet-the-millennial-creators-making-six-figures-selling-nfts.html 

 At just 5 years old, Ahmed began programming after watching his father, Imran, work as a web developer. He started with HTML and CSS, and continued to advance his coding skills, later learning JavaScript and other programs.

His first NFT collection, which he launched earlier this summer, consists of 40 colorful, pixelized avatars called Minecraft Yee Haa, that “I created after spending too many hours playing [video game] Minecraft,” Ahmed says. He created the artwork and coded each himself, he says. The collection didn’t immediately sell, but that was OK. Ahmed saw the project as more of a learning experience than a “money grab” and wanted to continue to create